Processing: Images
were captured with CCDSoft. Aligned/stacked and dark subtracted in Astroart;
Sigma Combine method was used for stacking subs. All channels were scaled
and rough color balanced in Astroart. Channels were co-registered in
Astroart. Central gradient was removed in Astroart. The UV/IR Block
exposures were used for the main luminance construction. Level
adjustments and curves were used to bring out object features. LRGB
combine was done in Photoshop. Color saturation performed by Luminance Layering
and LAB Color Space Curves. The background was gain reduced on the Luminance channel. Selective sharpening was
applied to galaxy features. Final touches and color
balance in Photoshop. Final Image size is approximately 1676x1266 (cropped and
resized to 2000x1500).

North is to
the left in this image. In
this field are two noticeable galaxies; the large prominent galaxy is NGC4535;
the smaller galaxy in the upper left is NGC 4519. There are several smaller
background galaxies that are recognizable - it is best to see the full size
image to see these background galaxies. Both NGC 4535 and NGC 4519 are members
of the Virgo Super Cluster of galaxies. NGC 4535 is approximately 52 million light years
distant from Earth. Horizontal FOV is about 44'.